Kennedy Meadows ride! September 5-7, 2008

Kennedy Meadows trip! September 5-7, 2008 at the Troy Meadow "overflow" campground. Please review the details below...

Some people refer to this place as "Heaven on Earth"!

..."there's no place quite as beautiful as the Sequoias!"

THE "IN" LIST:

1. M1Jeep (Rich from Long Beach)
2. 2old2race (Bob)
3. Eggroll (Luke)
4. DannyG
5. luv2race (John)
6. H8Chains (Joel)
7. sito (Luis)
8. Doghouse Riley
9. gabepari (Gabe)
10. Broken Spoke (Gary)
11. Ben99r1 (Ben)
12. monekytrick (+3 amigos)
13. Windrat
14. RAZR
15. Randy from Burbank
16. Nowwhat
17. OCblue650
18. 666
19. chickenstrips
20. shoco (Michael)
21. Glenn (shoco's friend)
22. sopascat (Cathy)
23. sopascat's son
24. Klammer
25. Purelick
26. Berolina
27. scruffy
28. notmybikemodelname (Rob)
29. dunerat
30. BajaRider650

Kennedy Meadows is located east-northeast of Kernville (WARPED event location) and west of Death Valley off hwy 395 and 9-mile canyon in the Sequoia National Forest off the Sherman Pass Road:

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There&#8217;s tons of easy to hard single track for green sticker bikes and dual sport bikes. There's also lots of fire-roads and the beautiful Monache Meadow 4x4 trail (actually quite easy >>> noob approved).
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Here are a few links from my previous trips there:
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The August trip had better weather than June&#8230;no bugs either. Even though it would be hot down on the desert floor, the weather is very pleasant at 8000&#8217; elevation.
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Weather in September has a high in the mid-70'sand a low in the low-40&#8217;s.

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The Troy Meadow overflow camping area is FREE and based on a first come &#8211; first served policy. I plan on trailering in Thursday to claim our section of the campground large enough to accommodate the amount of folks on the sign-up list.

If you're in, please include your first name so I can include it on the sign-up list.



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Im for the August date. The 4th Annual / WMRS IV In Bishop CA http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7010261#post7010261 is the last weekend of July and would make it tough to do those 2 trips one right after the other.

+1. I'd like to do both if possible.

Hi Rich,
where is Kennedy Meadow anyway?
it seem like you have done that place before.
Can you give me a link to your past posting for that ride.
Like to know more about Kennedy Meadow before I go.

Luke
DR650

Late Sept or Oct is really a good time to go, a lot cooler but that’s not necessary. It is a lot less crowded though. Are you running DS bikes or real off road MC’s. I really wouldn’t want to ride a KLR on a lot of the single track with DS tires.

I'm taken the XR4

If I get a ds bike I would like to make it. August would be better for me. If I dont have a ds by then can I use my 2 smoke? Thanks ben

As long as you have an approved spark arrestor. If you're running the stock gas tank you might want to get a larger tank, see you there Ben

I already have a 3 1/2 gln tank. But after the Afton canyon ride I better carry a xtra gln. As for the spark arrestor I have the pro circuit usfs approved pipe. Ben

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August 2006:
https://www.m1jeep.smugmug.com/gallery/2005114_jW5JN#102493044_Fn8Ch<o></o>
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June 2007: <o></o>
https://m1jeep.smugmug.com/gallery/3111392_s5gqy#170261577_tR74p<o></o>
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The August trip had better weather than June…no bugs either. Even though it would be hot down on the desert floor, the weather is very pleasant at 8000’ elevation. <o></o>
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http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=BKRC1&time=GMT<o></o>
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Since the July date is a bit too close to the WRMS Bishop ride, I’ll go ahead and plan on August 29-31 (Fri-Sun) dates. The original August 22-24 dates conflicted with my current, yet temporary, bull-s*#t work schedule (every-other Saturday)…sorry for the mix-up. The Troy Meadow overflow camping area is FREE and based on a first come – first served policy. I plan on arriving Thursday evening to claim our section of the campground large enough to accommodate the amount of folks on the sign-up list. <o></o>
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Last weekend of August sounds good!

Hi Luke, I updated the thread with your requested info. I hope you can make it!

-Rich

I'm out, Nascar races at the California Speedway are the same dates. Damn, I would have taken the YZ, it's faster, lighter, and suspended!

looks like a good one...90% for me....

That looks like Labor Day weekend, Monday Sept 1 being Labor Day

looks like a possibility for us, green sticker bikes being what we have, if you folks can tolerate a couple of noobs

Yikes! We were going to put our name down until we saw it was Labor Day weekend. We make it a point not to go out on those weekends as we have the luxury of picking quieter dates. We would so love to go to Kennedy Meadows, we must have passed the turn off on 395 a hundred times.
james

Even though its late summer; there may be a few wet spots. You don't want to be kicking at high altitude in 85 degree heat. Steve.

looks like i'm in
CRF450X AZ D/S

This is going to be FUN

Cant fully commit just yet, due to some tentative work trips lingering around that timeframe, but i'll definately be watching this thread. KM is one of my favorite places to ride.

coming in a little hot....